She has lipstick eyes
and plastic intentions.
The blood of her days
living on erased has
her chasing nightmares
to feel a dream.
Before 2022 she had
the right to choose
her body’s direction.
Today it’s been sharpied
into the decision of men.
No one asked her.
No one gave her the choice
to decide if a God without Jesus
or no god at all had the
right to force her to live by
a faith or plan that had
outsourced compassion.
©Susie Clevenger 2025
#NaPoWriMo Day 5
